sidetrack
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He turned down assisting a professor with data analysis for a book, for instance, because it would have required substantial changes to his class schedule that would sidetrack his early graduation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
When Devi tries to sidetrack Dr. Ryan, she pivots the conversation.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2023
A chorus of economists, including Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary, say the banking sector instability should not sidetrack the Fed in its inflation-fighting campaign.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Georgieva told a conference in Washington that policymakers should adopt targeted measures to alleviate rising food and fuel prices, while avoiding steps that could fuel inflation or sidetrack monetary policy.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022
I led my army northward, rarely having to sidetrack; the emperor himself sent the enemies I was hunting chasing after me.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
He wants them amped up for when he faces jeopardy in criminal trials or if something sidetracks his nomination.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
"I don't think upward movement in interest rates alone is going to be the catalyst that sidetracks the M&A market," said Morgan Stanley's Miles.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2021
The sprawl makes room for mistakes, but the sprawl also makes room for one-off experiments and odd narrative sidetracks.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2020
The silver lining in loss of funding may be that Kansas officials finally engage in a remedy - even if it sidetracks the quest for a short, sweet legislative session.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2015
The sidetracks on the right facilitate the rapid distribution of produce sold at the market.
From A Terminal Market System New York's Most Urgent Need; Some Observations, Comments, and Comparisons of European Markets by Black, Madeleine
The two started an exchange about their respective career paths, but Danielle got sidetracked and left Drew hanging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The U.S. economy got sidetracked in February by tariff-related price increases, sluggish sales and the previous month’s Winter Storm Fern, but top executives were also more optimistic that business will improve later in the year.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026
"I suppose you don't want to get overly emotional and make it too big a thing and get sidetracked from the main objective," Doris said of the legendary trio's home swansong.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
He got sidetracked on issues such as the size of crowds at his rallies and a bizarre — and debunked — claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are killing and eating household pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
She thought about following them but didn’t want to get sidetracked.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Attention then lurched to another hot-button environmental issue — the world’s largest dam removal on the Elwha River — further sidetracking efforts to extend wilderness areas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
“People did it for me,” he says before sidetracking into bafflement over what GIF means.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2020
At one point he laments his sidetracking by drawing pictures of the plot line as strands of loops, switchbacks, and squiggles.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2016
Chamber of Commerce international economics head Myron Brilliant — that the two sides have set up a separate working group to help avoid sidetracking the rest of the discussion.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2013
We can keep Garret from sidetracking Moon Flight when a raid comes over.
From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George
